Introduction-E
Introduction-E
Introduction-E
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iktaringniqsauvunga akturaarniqsaujunnaqsilaaravit.”<br />
as I am heavier and therefore you will be able to catch an even larger one.”<br />
qilalugaaluulirmingmata arnaksangata aliq qitirmigut qilak&ugu<br />
When there were a lot of whales again, his stepmother tied the harpoon-line around her<br />
waist,<br />
kangirijaungaarniarami. irniksangata sukattiakkanniq&uniuk<br />
as she was going to be used as the weight. Her stepson tied it even tighter,<br />
igumijjaiq&ugu.<br />
making sure it wouldn’t come loose.<br />
qilalukkat qaninaaqtaqtuugaluat suqutigikatanngi&&unigit.<br />
He ignored the whales coming close.<br />
angutialuungmik aktualungmik saniqquttugalirmat<br />
naulik&uniuk.<br />
When a big male passed by, he harpooned it.<br />
arnaksanga kittikallakkaluaq&uni imaup qaangagut<br />
ullakpasaaq&uni.<br />
Although his stepmother dragged her feet, she ran for a while on top of the water,<br />
aqqaujjaulluni. puijjujjaugami inngiqsilluni, “irnirma irnirma<br />
sumut<br />
but she was taken down under. When she was brought to the surface, she started to sing,<br />
“My son, my son, why<br />
pivajuvanga, annallu itiqqullu ijjurinagit salummaqsavajuvakka.<br />
has he done this to me? Without any disgust I used to clean (his) excrement and urine.<br />
tavvatuq qanuqtuq pikungatuq pingurajuup qaanganut pilanga.”<br />
How I wish, though I don’t know how, to get up to the top of that hill.”<br />
puijjujjaujarangami taimanna inngimalluni. puijjujjaungmigami<br />
This is how she would sing when she was brought to the surface. When the whale came<br />
to the surface with her again,<br />
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